John Standing

John Standing

Acting

Sir John Ronald Leon, 4th Baronet (born 16 August 1934) is an English actor and baronet who is known as John Standing. He is the stepson of John Clements. Standing was born in London, the son of Kay Hammond (née Dorothy Katherine Standing), an actress, and Sir Ronald George Leon, 3rd Baronet, a stockbroker descended from Sir Herbert Leon, the builder of Bletchley Park. He succeeded his father as the 4th baronet in 1964, but does not use the title. The Leon family were, until 1937, owners of Bletchley Park, the country house in Buckinghamshire used in the Second World War as a code-breaking…

Filmography

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Can You Hear Me? Can You Hear Me? 2025 The Great Escaper ★ 6.6 The Great Escaper 2023 May… I Have This Dance? May… I Have This Dance? 2020 A Family Affair ★ 6.0 A Family Affair 2019 Churchill and the Movie Mogul ★ 7.3 Churchill and the Movie Mogul 2019 King Lear ★ 6.1 King Lear 2018 Patrick Melrose ★ 7.5 Patrick Melrose 2018 The Happy Prince ★ 6.2 The Happy Prince 2018 The Hippopotamus ★ 6.4 The Hippopotamus 2017 The Crown ★ 8.2 The Crown 2016 Churchill's Secret ★ 6.3 Churchill's Secret 2016 Queen & Country ★ 6.1 Queen & Country 2015 The Last Resort The Last Resort 2014 Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife ★ 6.0 Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife 2012 Borgia ★ 7.3 Borgia 2011 Game of Thrones ★ 8.5 Game of Thrones 2011 The Shadow in the North ★ 6.6 The Shadow in the North 2007 Consenting Adults ★ 5.0 Consenting Adults 2007 The Contractor ★ 5.5 The Contractor 2007 I Want Candy ★ 5.1 I Want Candy 2007 Fallen Angel ★ 4.5 Fallen Angel 2007 Rabbit Fever ★ 6.1 Rabbit Fever 2006 Scoop ★ 6.6 Scoop 2006 The Line of Beauty ★ 6.6 The Line of Beauty 2006 V for Vendetta ★ 7.9 V for Vendetta 2006 Lassie ★ 6.4 Lassie 2005 Animal ★ 5.0 Animal 2005 A Good Woman ★ 6.3 A Good Woman 2004 King Solomon's Mines ★ 6.3 King Solomon's Mines 2004 Shoreditch ★ 5.5 Shoreditch 2003 Keen Eddie ★ 8.0 Keen Eddie 2003 Trust ★ 6.5 Trust 2003 The Real Jane Austen ★ 8.5 The Real Jane Austen 2002 The Gathering Storm ★ 6.7 The Gathering Storm 2002 The Falklands Play ★ 7.0 The Falklands Play 2002 Witness to a Kill ★ 5.2 Witness to a Kill 2001 Pandaemonium ★ 5.0 Pandaemonium 2001 Queen's Messenger ★ 4.6 Queen's Messenger 2001 In Deep ★ 8.0 In Deep 2001 Love in a Cold Climate ★ 7.9 Love in a Cold Climate 2001 The Calling ★ 4.9 The Calling 2000 Longitude ★ 7.4 Longitude 2000 Longitude ★ 7.0 Longitude 2000 Mad Cows ★ 4.4 Mad Cows 1999 Rogue Trader ★ 5.9 Rogue Trader 1999 8 ½ Women ★ 5.5 8 ½ Women 1999 Joan of Arc ★ 6.6 Joan of Arc 1999 The Vice ★ 5.6 The Vice 1999 The Woman In White ★ 6.6 The Woman In White 1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little ★ 6.4 The Man Who Knew Too Little 1997 A Dance to the Music of Time ★ 4.8 A Dance to the Music of Time 1997 Mrs. Dalloway ★ 5.7 Mrs. Dalloway 1997 Lexx ★ 7.0 Lexx 1997 Midsomer Murders ★ 7.5 Midsomer Murders 1997 Gulliver's Travels ★ 7.2 Gulliver's Travels 1996 Look at the State We're In! Look at the State We're In! 1995 The Choir ★ 8.0 The Choir 1995 Riders ★ 5.0 Riders 1993 Chaplin ★ 7.4 Chaplin 1992 The Old Boy Network ★ 6.0 The Old Boy Network 1992 The Count of Solar ★ 7.0 The Count of Solar 1992 Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel ★ 5.0 Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel 1992 Eerie, Indiana ★ 7.6 Eerie, Indiana 1991 Night of the Fox ★ 6.1 Night of the Fox 1990 Chameleons ★ 7.0 Chameleons 1989 Paddington Bear ★ 9.0 Paddington Bear 1989 The Endless Game ★ 6.3 The Endless Game 1989 The Endless Game The Endless Game 1989 Dark Holiday ★ 8.0 Dark Holiday 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ★ 8.2 Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989 Murphy's Law ★ 7.0 Murphy's Law 1988 Flapjack Floozie Flapjack Floozie 1988 Nightflyers ★ 4.5 Nightflyers 1987 Visitors ★ 7.5 Visitors 1987 L.A. Law ★ 7.1 L.A. Law 1986 Lime Street ★ 6.0 Lime Street 1985 Screen Two ★ 7.1 Screen Two 1985 The Biko Inquest ★ 7.0 The Biko Inquest 1984 Murder, She Wrote ★ 7.5 Murder, She Wrote 1984 Hunter ★ 7.1 Hunter 1984